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Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Spanish aid worker released by Islamist militants in Mali returned home on Wednesday after a four-month kidnap ordeal, saying she had been well treated by her captors in the desert.

Spanish hostage freed in Mali arrives home (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

One of three Spanish aid workers kidnapped by a group believed to be al Qaeda's wing in North Africa arrived back in Spain Wednesday after she was released in Mali.

Freed Spanish hostage returns home from Mali (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Spanish aid worker Alicia Gamez returned home Wednesday hours after she was freed from a four-month kidnapping ordeal at the hands of Al-Qaeda in Mauritania.

Spanish, Italian hostages freed in Mali (People's Daily)

A Spanish aid worker and an Italian woman held hostage by a group connecting with al-Qaida in Mali were freed Wednesday, the ANSA news agency reported. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$ &$ ...

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali (Malaysian Mirror)

BAMAKO -A Spanish aid worker freed by Islamist militants in Mali was flying home Wednesday while an Italian woman was still in Al Qaeda's clutches after earlier reports of her release, sources said. Read more...

Spanish and Italian hostages freed in Mali (Independent Online)

Islamist militants have freed a Spanish aid worker and an Italian woman who were being taken to Burkina Faso from Mali, where kidnappers have held them since November.

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

BAMAKO (AFP) - A Spanish aid worker freed by Islamist militants in Mali was flying home Wednesday while an Italian woman was still in Al Qaeda's clutches after earlier reports of her release, sources said.

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Spanish aid worker freed by Islamist militants in Mali was flying home Wednesday while an Italian woman was still in Al Qaeda's clutches after earlier reports of her release, sources said.

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Spanish aid worker freed by Islamist militants in Mali was flying home Wednesday while an Italian woman was still in Al Qaeda's clutches after earlier reports of her release, sources said.

Spanish hostage freed in Mali - government (The Star)

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish woman held hostage in Mali by a group believed to be al Qaeda's wing in North Africa has been freed, the Spanish government said on Wednesday.

Spanish, Italian hostages in Mali 'free' (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Spanish aid worker and an Italian woman held hostage by Islamist militants in Mali were freed Wednesday and were due to arrive in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a diplomatic source told AFP.

Spanish, Italian hostages 'being freed in Mali' (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Islamist militants freed a Spanish aid worker and an Italian woman Wednesday who were being taken to Burkina Faso from Mali where kidnappers held them since November, a Malian negotiator said.

Spaniard kidnapped in Mauritania 'being freed' (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Spanish aid worker Alicia Gamez, 39, one of three kidnapped in Mauritania by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in November, is "being freed" an anti-terrorist source in Madrid said Wednesday.

'Miracle' baby elephant cheats death in birth (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A baby elephant believed to have died during a nine-day labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle".

Miracle of Mali's half brother (Herald Sun)

UPDATE 12.15pm: MELBOURNE'S elephant calf Mali has a half-brother after a miracle birth at Taronga Zoo this morning.

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